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- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
take advantage of your network, and remember the lessons you learned, especially in the first few days of class. JH: Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966) devoted the first several decades of his career to investment management, founding Batterymarch View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
August afternoon marks their first meeting in real life. They celebrate with elbow bumps and a hurried hug or two before everyone squeezes into the elevator for the trip to the sixth floor. The doors open to the welcoming scene of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
will soon open the C. Roland Christensen Center, a facility designed for case-method teaching that was the vision of one of his former students. A memorial service was held for Christensen on November 5 at Memorial Church in Harvard Yard.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
opened his eyes to the fact that “many different reasons bring people to the School, not just the lure of making money. One of my more conservative classmates said the purpose of business is to give people value for their money, put out a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
"because unlike a Harvard degree, you must be open to being tested on something you profess to know at a moment's notice—long after you've graduated." Feerick believes that facts are delivered most effectively online, but at some point in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
back even further, to his elementary school days, when he bought packages of light bulbs in bulk and sold them door-to-door in his neighborhood at slightly below retail prices. "I think I always wanted to have control over my future. We didn't have a lot of View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
result is to create many of the features that one would hope for in a twenty-first-century enterprise: organizational due process that leaves most people feeling that they have been treated fairly. Democratic meritocracy open to talent... View Details
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
outside the area. "We lost five people," he said. "It was heartbreaking, and it's hard to talk about." Then, he said, the bank immediately mobilized its many resources to help. "Our building was confirmed to be safe, so we decided to open... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
conversation with Coupounas immediately senses that she’s wide open to new ideas. These days, in fact, her Colorado-based activities are all about promoting new ideas. Coupounas is director of the first fully staffed field office of B... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
handle in good conditions, let alone for four months in the open ocean. Sometimes you’re a thousand miles from the nearest ship or point of land. Other times you risk getting run over by ships or crashing into things in the water: whales,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
national security, and increased competition for land. The $1 trillion global financial loss is staggering. Despite these challenges, the authors call attention to the extraordinary social and environmental opportunities created by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
system, and other countries have lessons to offer. Are you optimistic that health-care reform is imminent? We cannot continue on our present course in health care. The current system will not allow us to remain financially sound and still... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
were others he could work with to help put it on solid financial ground. BR: I called a friend of mine, a guy named Steve Kaplan. Steve is a partner in Fredrickson and Byron, a law firm here. So Steve joined me on this, and as we began... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
process. Charismatic pioneers of the healthy building movement who have paired up to combine the cutting-edge science of Harvard’s School of Public Health with the financial know-how of HBS, Joseph Allen and John Macomber lay out the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
Network Groups (DNGs) organized around particular constituencies but open to everyone. At present, some 29 DNGs have been formed, focusing on networking, mentoring/coaching, and community outreach. DNGs are encouraged to consider the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
both inside and outside the School. For the past four years, he has managed his family's $1.4 million real-estate and service business, successfully turning the company around by restructuring debt, stabilizing the firm's tenant base, and View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
tendencies that can cloud our financial judgment, explains why index funds are a savvy choice, and reveals secrets like why it’s better to wait until age 70 to receive Social Security benefits―along with the calculations that make this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
the 1929 stock market crash revealed disastrous investments made by his superiors, Weinberg, who became head of the firm in 1930, worked tirelessly throughout the Great Depression and World War II to keep the firm alive. At the same time, in service to his country,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
his staff's recommendations to approve new schools, let current charters expand, or close those plagued by low performance or financial mismanagement. "We give them many years of warnings, and we publish a report every year that shows... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
Viana also admired their grit. And he recognized the global cachet of quality French products. Here was something different, and maybe more meaningful, than leading a technology company. France’s manufacturing sector was still struggling in the wake of the 2008 View Details